I've been told that in the United States the only thing a reference can say is whether one worked for them or not and the dates. I have no idea whether that is also the case in England or not. But you have definitely explained why it is necessary to have lay boards to deal with misbehaving members of occupational groups. Such groups tend to protect their own.
I've been told that in the United States the only thing a reference can say is whether one worked for them or not and the dates. I have no idea whether that is also the case in England or not. But you have definitely explained why it is necessary to have lay boards to deal with misbehaving members of occupational groups. Such groups tend to protect their own.
The truely staggering part (at the end of the link) is that he was not definitively banned from teaching for all eternity, plus a trillion years. He could reapply in five years' time. The second school, Tanbridge House, apparently knew something as they stipulated in his letter of appointment that he maintain professional boundaries.
The cliche of the bent teacher at old style English private schools was his reference when he got passed on as damaged goods to Private School B. Private School A would write a helpful reference explaining that "Mr Smith has given excellent service as a geography teacher, apart from an isolated indiscretion which I am sure he will not repeat". Even private schools dare not do that now, for fear of the lawyers and damages that would wipe out the school.
I've been told that in the United States the only thing a reference can say is whether one worked for them or not and the dates. I have no idea whether that is also the case in England or not. But you have definitely explained why it is necessary to have lay boards to deal with misbehaving members of occupational groups. Such groups tend to protect their own.
Here is part of the squalid story of that twice-fired teacher.
https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/teacher-struck-gross-breach-trust-4208611?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target
The truely staggering part (at the end of the link) is that he was not definitively banned from teaching for all eternity, plus a trillion years. He could reapply in five years' time. The second school, Tanbridge House, apparently knew something as they stipulated in his letter of appointment that he maintain professional boundaries.
The cliche of the bent teacher at old style English private schools was his reference when he got passed on as damaged goods to Private School B. Private School A would write a helpful reference explaining that "Mr Smith has given excellent service as a geography teacher, apart from an isolated indiscretion which I am sure he will not repeat". Even private schools dare not do that now, for fear of the lawyers and damages that would wipe out the school.